Ca 75

Inv. Nrs. Ca 75, 76, 77: Series continuata omnium Imperatorum; 3 volumes, bound in crimson satin

Ca 75 = volume 3; 98 fols. , Oriental Emperors: Justinus- Constantinus XV

Series continuata omnium Imperatorum, tam Latinorum, quam Graecorum sive Constantinopolita-norum, ex antiquis marmoribus et numismatibus fidelissime et exactissime ad vivum expressorum, et manu delineatorum; incipiens a C. Iulio Caesare primo Imperatore, et finiens in ultimo Graecorum Caesare Constantino XV Palaeologo. Addita sunt singulis Imperatoribus elogia in subiectis stilobatis sive basibus succincte et breviter descripta. Ex Musaeo Iacobi Stradae Mantuani, tribus Imperatoribus, D.D. Ferdinando et Maximiliano II, item Rodulpho ii. ab antiquitatibus.

On the inside cover of Ca 75, later (19th-20th century?) inscription in pencil: „wahrscheinlich zusammen mit CA 76 und CA 77 von dem kaiserlichen Antiquario Octavio Strato am 22.1.1590 verehrt (erhielt für das Geschenk 114 fl 6 g.; vgl. SLHA Dresd. Loc. 4480, „Begnadigungen”‘

Melzer, pp. 128 and note 330-331; p. 132 n. note 347:

=> Melzer mistakes the edition of Strada’s Epitome printed by Andreas Gesner, Zürich 1559 mentioned in the 1587 inventory of the Dresden Kunstkammer for a manuscript ?

è ref.: HStAD, 1009, Nr 1, Inventarium […der Kunstkammer] , 1587, fol. 165v., Nr. 4: